Georgia’s first black Supreme Court justice to step down
A jurist who became the first African American to serve on the Georgia Supreme Court plans to step down after serving three decades on the high court. The court said…
Kamala Harris Wants To Study Reparations But Dodged Saying If She Supports Payouts
During a CNN town hall on Monday night, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) reiterated that she supports a congressional effort to study the effects of centuries of institutional racism on African…
Yankees, Flyers Drop Kate Smith’s ‘God Bless America’ After Hearing Singer’s Racist Lyrics
The New York Yankees and Philadelphia Flyers have decided to stop playing Kate Smith’s 1939 recording of “God Bless America” at sports games after learning that the American singer’s repertoire…
White supremacist gets life for running down black man
A white supremacist who ran down and killed a young black man in Oregon two years ago was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for…
Beto O’Rourke Fine-Tunes Pitch To Black Voters In South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. ― “Why should black people vote for you?” Patricia Williams Lessane, an associate dean at the College of Charleston, asked point blank to Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke…
America’s Oldest HBCU Is Fighting For Survival
Nestled 45 minutes outside Philadelphia, the Cheyney University campus looks like any number of small colleges that dot the rural Northeast: rolling lawns, stately gray brick dorm halls and an…
Tucker Carlson Guest Says African Americans ‘Need To Move On’ From Slavery
A guest on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show on Thursday night said African Americans “need to move on” from slavery. Commentator Mark Steyn made the remark as he criticized the…
Hall of Famer, pioneering manager Frank Robinson dies at 83
Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, the 1st black manager in Major League Baseball and the only player to win the MVP award in both leagues, dies at 83 Source link
Gun Violence Has Cut More Than 4 Years Off The Life Expectancy Of Black Americans: Study
Gun violence has shortened the life expectancy of Americans by nearly 2.5 years, with shootings driving down the average lifespan of black Americans by almost twice as much as that…
LeBron: African-American women ‘are most powerful women in the world’
(5 Sep 2018) LeBron: African-American women ‘are most powerful women in the world’ Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork … source